Thursday, September 26, 2013

VETERANS DAY PARADE NEW YORK CITY

NEWS-01: New York City Parade 2013

Submitted by: T. Michael Bircumshaw on 9/26/2013

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Shipmates:

We (USSVI) havebeen invited back to New York City again this year for the Veterans Day
Parade on November 11, 2013. The NYC Veterans Day Parade is the largest
Veterans Day Parade in the nation. The sole purpose of the NYC Veterans Day
Parade is to honor the service of our Veterans and to salute our currently
serving military.

Last year, they expected in excess of 20,000 participants
and over 600,000 parade spectators along the parade route. Those numbers were
FAR exceeded. The event is televised also, so millions more will view it.

Last year was our Second year of participating, and we
had a small number of participants (20) and 2 submarine float. Five different
bases were represented and all had a great time. I would like to see many times
that amount participating this year. They can handle as many as want to show
up. This includes floats.

Please get back to me if you are interested in
participating this year. It is a great opportunity to show the rest of the
world we are proud Submarinersand great
advertising for USSVI. I will be handling the application and registration
process again this year, and the sooner I can find out approximately how many
shipmates and floats will be participating, the better the parade committee can
plan their logistics (parking, staging, etc).We can only have 2 Floats, Rhode Island Base is providing its float of the USS Providence
(SSN717), could use one more.

Thanking you in advance, and looking forward to seeing
you in NYC on Veterans Day.